BBC WEATHER warned the UK will be blasted by howling winds as an enormous snow dump is unleashed across the nation.

The unsettled conditions will be more evocative of deep winter than the recent unseasonable February heatwave. BBC meteorologist Simon King explained: “As we go through this week it’s going to stay fairly unsettled. There will still be some rain in the forecast, particularly on Wednesday, which is also quite windy. And it’s quite chilly throughout this week as well.

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“Still quite blustery out there today, but the wind’s not as strong as yesterday afternoon.

“A maximum temperature of around about 6 to 10 degrees Celsius.

“Through the rest of the evening, those showers will continue to push their way eastwards up into parts of Scotland.

“There could be a bit ofsnowup in the Pennines and the Scottish mountains through the night.

BBC weather: The UK will be inundated in snow by the end of the week according to a Met Desk chart (Image: WX Charts)

“Temperatures going down to close to freezing, so maybe 3 or 4 degrees Celsius.

“Tuesday morning could start off on a rather chilly note. We’ll see this rain moving its way through northern England and Ireland, through central and southern areas of Scotland and it will continue for much of the day.

“Some snow again over the highest ground - sunshine for many parts of England and Wales before the cloud starts to increase. Max temperatures on Tuesday of about 8 to 11 Celsius.

“A breezier day expected on Wednesday - there could be some gales around coastal areas. Again, significant snowfall over the higher ground of Scotland through Wednesday. It will be followed by some showers.

“Thursday and into Friday it will stay quite unsettled. There’ll still be quite a few showers around and a few sunny spells. Perhaps Friday the driest of the days.”

A WXChart also showed parts of Britain will be hit by heavy snow in the next ten days reaching up to 15cm of snowfall for some in Scotland. The snow is expected in northern Britain today, where there is a yellow weather warning in place.

Some areas will also see sleet and icy patches developing overnight. Settling of snow will be restricted to areas of 200 to 300 meters.

It comes after Storm Freya battered Britain with heavy rainfalls and 90mph gales leaving many to deal with flooding emergency across the country.

Met Office meteorologist Sophie Yeomans said: “Storm Freya will move out into the north sea as we head into the early hours bringing the strongest wind gusts down into the eastern coastlines.

“So do take care on the Monday morning commute if you are in the east areas.”

She added: “For the Monday morning though a wet and grey start across southern England in that rain, but through the day we will see the sunshine start to come out, clear blue skies and sunshine especially in central and eastern areas which might linger into the afternoon as well.

“It is only in the western areas we will start to see some blustery showers starting to push through and it will feel cold in the showers with highs of only 10C or 11C.”